Trump announced tariffs between Canada and the USA and the world goes bananas. Actually, we can’t grow bananas in Canada so I guess we’ll go without. Trade war, you say? But this could have been prevented. With proper leaders and government policies. Not that we have a federal government able to discuss these issues because Trudeau prorogued Parliament. It’s almost like this might have been all planned. 🤔

February 2, 2025

Oilfield wife, mom, journalist, Alberta patriot, (and sometimes a punching bag for 'feminists') Sheila Gunn Reid is one of the leading authorities of all things Alberta. If you haven't already noticed she's always there when people need her. From illegal burgers at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror, Alberta to sunny Switzerland taking the 'elite' to task, Sheila is a force to be reckoned with! Join us as we chat about what's going on in Alberta, Canada and across the globe.

January 30, 2025

John Carpay of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms wrote a letter to Dr. Shelley Duggan, President of the Alberta Medical Association in their response to AMA’s Statement on the Final Report of the Alberta Covid Pandemic Data Review Task Force in which she originally signed the statement and then withdrew it.

January 29, 2025

We're going to watch an old episode of "Webster!" together! You won't believe the similarities between what was going on then (Jan 8, 1981), as compared to what's going on now.

Copyright: BC Archives, Credit: Jack Webster and BCTV

Note: Bob McClelland, provincial Energy Minister, discusses energy security for British Columbia and the rising price of provincial and federal domestic natural gas. Other topics are the subsidization of natural gas, fuel conversion programs, offshore drilling and LNG. Western Federation Association president Elmer Knudson discusses the benefits of forming a separate, sovereign federation made up of the 4 western provinces and territories, independent from the federal government. The conversation has a natural energy focus.

Descriptive Reference Number: AAAA7020

Call Number: V1988:25/0589_0590

Original Air Date: 1981-01-08

Chris has a conversation with Tom Marazzo who was a Spokesperson in Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy. He believed in the Canadian value of togetherness and community and saw that the Protest in Ottawa emulated these Canadian values. He wanted to be a part of that in the hope that coming together as a community would help to be heard by the government.

January 23, 2025

Chris has a discussion with U.S. Captain (retired) James L McCormick about all things Canada (or Alberta) and the USA and the current events surrounding our respective governments and what the future may hold for us all.

January 19, 2025

Join Kerry Lambert, with Tanner Hnidey and Mitch Sylvestre in the eleventh episode of this series as we discuss the benefits of an Alberta Pension Plan.

Tonight’s Topic: According to Canada's chief actuary, Assia Billig, who published a report on December 23, 2024, he believes that ALberta would be entitled to less money from the Canada Pension Plan than was estimated in the Lifeworks report released by the province in 2023.

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/23c032cc-a1e6-449a-9e86-1844fe08fae4/resource/1e2a64e0-a691-4a41-9aa5-4298a0049787/download/tbf-chief-actuary-on-subsection-113-2-canada-pension-plan-2024.pdf

January 14, 2025

Chris went to the Lethbridge Courthouse to witness the sentencing of the Coutts 3.

Marco Van Huigenbois got 120 days in prison. No conditional sentence. He went straight from the courthouse to jail. George Janzen got 90 days conditional sentence served in the community. Aleks Van Herk will be sentenced in March.

Chris talks about what happened and how it will affect anyone else who has been arrested and charged.

January 10, 2025